卵
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Han characterEdit
卵 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸中戈 (HHSLI), four-corner 77720, composition ⿰𠂑卪)
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 159, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2857
- Dae Jaweon: page 365, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 313, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5375
ChineseEdit
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卵 | |
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| alternative forms | 卝 𡖉 𤓲 𠨫 | |
Glyph originEdit
| Historical forms of the character 卵 | ||
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| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
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Etymology 1Edit
Usually thought of as derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-row (“egg, nit”) with nominalizing suffix *‑n; compare Tibetan སྲོ་མ (sro ma, “egg of a louse, nit, small bubble”) (Benedict, 1976; Gong, 1995; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).
Alternatively, STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(r/l)um (“egg”), while noting a few phonological problems with the comparison.
Sagart and Ma (2020) propose that it may be related to 果 (OC *kloːlʔ, “fruit”).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
卵
- egg; ovum; roe; spawn
- (entomology) fertilised egg
- (regional) testicles
- (regional) penis; male genitals; scrotum
- 貪此生涯，卵為蚯蚓所哈（吳俗稱陽曰卵），腫不能便。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1808, 沈復 (Shen Fu), 《浮生六記》 (Six Records of a Floating Life), 卷二 閒情記趣 (Chapter 2: The Little Pleasures of Life)
- Tān cǐ shēngyá, luǎn wéi qiūyǐn suǒ hā (Wú súchēng yáng yuē luǎn) , zhǒng bùnéng biàn. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
贪此生涯，卵为蚯蚓所哈（吴俗称阳曰卵），肿不能便。 [MSC, simp.]
SynonymsEdit
- (egg):
Dialectal synonyms of 卵 (“egg (of a fish)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 卵 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 子兒, 子 |
| Jinan | 子兒 | |
| Xi'an | 子兒 | |
| Wuhan | 子 | |
| Chengdu | 蛋, 蛋兒 | |
| Yangzhou | 子 | |
| Hefei | 子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 卵 |
| Hong Kong | 卵 | |
| Yangjiang | 膥 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 卵 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蛋, 子兒 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 卵 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 卵, 子 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 卵 |
| Chaozhou | 卵 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 子 |
| Suzhou | 子 | |
| Wenzhou | 子, 卵 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 子 |
| Shuangfeng | 蛋, 子 | |
- (testicle):
- (penis):
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 卵
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Etymology 2Edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 卵 – see 𡳞 (“male genitalia; penis; dick; etc.”). (This character, 卵, is a variant form of 𡳞.) |
Etymology 3Edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 卵 – see 鯤 (“fish roe”). (This character, 卵, is an obsolete form of 鯤.) |
CompoundsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “卵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00453
- “Entry #2967”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
卵
- an egg
ReadingsEdit
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
Etymology 1Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 卵 |
| たまご Grade: 6 |
| kun’yomi |
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| 玉子 |
From 玉 (tama, “ball”) + 子 (ko, “child, small thing”).[1] The ko reading for 子 changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
PronunciationEdit
- (Tokyo) たまご [tàmáꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3]
- (Tokyo) たまご [tàmágó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [ta̠ma̠ɡo̞]
NounEdit
- an egg, including fish roe
- 1999 September 23, “ウィング・エッグ・エルフ [Wing Egg Elf]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
- たまごのカラに身を包む天使。大きな羽で攻撃を防ぐ。
- Tamago no kara ni mi o tsutsumu tenshi. Ōki na hane de kōgeki o fusegu.
- An angel sheltered inside an eggshell. It fends off attacks with its massive wings.
- たまごのカラに身を包む天使。大きな羽で攻撃を防ぐ。
- 2000 July 13, “ドラゴン・エッガー [Dragon Egger]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:
- 卵のカラをかぶっているドラゴン。子供と間違えると痛い目にあうぞ！
- Tamago no kara o kabutte iru doragon. Kodomo to machigaeru to itaime ni au zo!
- A dragon who shelters in an eggshell. Never mistake him for a literal baby!
- 卵のカラをかぶっているドラゴン。子供と間違えると痛い目にあうぞ！
- 2003 July 17, “ジェノサイドキングサーモン [Genocide King Salmon]”, in 暗黒の侵略者 [Invader of Darkness], Konami:
- 暗黒海の主として恐れられている巨大なシャケ。その卵は暗黒界一の美味として知られている。
- Ankokukai no nushi to shite osorerarete iru kyodai na shake. Sono tamago wa Ankokukaiichi no bimi to shiteshirarete iru.
- A giant salmon worst feared in the Dark Sea. Its roe is best known as the ultimate delicacy of the Dark World.
- 暗黒海の主として恐れられている巨大なシャケ。その卵は暗黒界一の美味として知られている。
- the beginning or start of something (compare the uses of English terms kernel and seed)
- a beginner or rookie at something
- 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1985], Fujiko F. Fujio, “山寺グラフィティ [Mountain Temple Graffiti]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 106:
- ぼく、加藤広康。イラストレーターの卵。
- Boku, Katō Hiroyasu. Irasutorētā no tamago.
- My name’s Katō Hiroyasu. I’m a rookie illustrator.
- ぼく、加藤広康。イラストレーターの卵。
Usage notesEdit
This term in Japanese is nearly as broad in use as English egg, indicating an egg as laid by various oviparous organisms, and an egg as used in cooking. For the more specific biological sense of ovum, see 卵子 (ranshi).
Etymology 2Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 卵 |
| らん Grade: 6 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 卵 (MC luɑnX).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- an ovum
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “卵・玉子”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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